Despite their big-city success, indie rock band The Click Clack Boom said it's still at home in central Pennsylvania.

Rooted in Mifflintown, Pa., guitarist and singer Nathaniel Hoho and drummer Grant Wilson went from roaming around town and the Jersey Shore with an acoustic guitar and a hand drum to playing with a full band based out of New York City.

The band also had the opportunity to perform at last year's South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas.

"That one week alone, I did everything I wanted to do in my whole life," Wilson said.

"I got to eat bean burritos with people from some of my favorite bands."

Hoho said some of the people he met were Annie Clark of St. Vincent, Dave Navarro and Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction, Michael Shuman of Queens of the Stone Age and the members of Grizzly Bear.

"We met a lot of people from Spin Magazine," Hoho said. "The CEO was there, and it seemed like he really liked our stuff."

The band will be returning to play in central Pennsylvania tonight at Café 210 West, 210 W. College Ave.

J.R. Mangan, co-owner of Café, said he heard the band play last spring when they opened for local act The Rustlanders. Mangan, who performs with the local band J.R. & Natalie, said he appreciates the band's songwriting.

"It seems upbeat and very melodic," Mangan said. "I want to develop them into an act we have every once and a while."

The Click Clack Boom grew from Hoho's solo act, he said -- the musicians he uses on the album were all friends who decided to form an ensemble. The songwriting efforts have since become a collaborative effort among the band.

"It's different, because nowadays he'll come to the band with a loose idea and it will become a song because of the band," Wilson said. "I like that we're diversifying."

Despite being partially based in New York, Hoho said he thinks of his band as still having a home in central Pennsylvania.

"Everybody is from central Pennsylvania," Hoho said. "It's where we practice and where we record."

However, Hoho said he moved to New York when the band became managed by Andy Hilfiger Entertainment. The band now plays there as much as they do in Pennsylvania.

The band's new album, which is being produced in Boalsburg and partially mixed in Brooklyn, is a perfect blend of the country and the city, Hoho said.

Matt Richey, rapper for the show's supporting act, Pasadena, said he remembers seeing Hoho in Brooklyn performing. The backing musicians he performed with would later become The Click Clack Boom.

"I remember him being really talented and really driven," Richey said.

"Whatever he does he does extremely well."

The Click Clack Boom invited Pasadena to open for them for several shows while they are on their current tour.